View full sizeA 14-year-old student was found with a knife in his bookbag yesterday at Ferris High School.Jersey Journal File Photo

A 14-year-old Jersey City boy was arrested after a knife was found in his book bag at Ferris High School yesterday afternoon, officials said today.

The Belmont Avenue boy was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in an educational institution at 2:35 p.m. and he was then processed at the police department's juvenile bureau on Cator Avenue, a police report says.

A police officer and a school official were conducting a random search when the knife with a 3-inch blade was discovered, the report says. The boy's mother took custody of him at 5:28 p.m., the report says.

Jersey City Board of Education spokeswoman Paula Christen said further disciplinary action against the boy will be taken.